Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 523

On August [-]th of the fourth year of Dashun, Shao Shude arrived in Yuan County under the escort of Tielin and the newly arrived Chishui Army.

The Qingtang capital of the Yicong army has returned to Heluo to strengthen Li Tangbin's group. There are only [-] infantry of the Tianxiong army who have just "swallowed" the [-] soldiers who surrendered in the river.

At this time, the Tianxiong Army was not even as strong as before when it had 5000 people. It can be said that it was the most dangerous time.

However, the loyal troops are also tense.

That guy Zhang Shensi is actually only here to repair the pass.Zhiguan was repaired, Jiguan was built on Qiziling, and then Bianjun quietly replaced the Yamen and filled them with state and county soldiers and Tutuan villagers.

Shao Shude climbed up Wangwu Mountain, overlooking the river.The two sons stood beside him, passively admiring the majestic scenery - at this time, if Quan Zhong sent [-] soldiers, he could capture Shao thief, father and son in one go.

"This is Yuan County." Shao Shude held his son in both hands, climbed to a higher place, and said: "Since ancient times, Fensu, Weishui, and Yiluo have been the core places of China. Weishui and Yiluo have waterways Guantong, but there is Zhongtiao Mountain Range in the south of Fensu, more than 100 miles from the west to the east, and it is connected to Taihang in the east, which makes the traffic between the north and the south difficult. The ancients cut through the thorns and cut stones to clear the road. For thousands of years, a total of five roads have been opened. The two main roads are called Yuban Dianjia Road, Wangwuzhen Pass Road, and the three secondary roads are Fengling Road, Weijin Road, and Baixing Road. What you see now is Wangwuzhen Pass Road, which leads to Heyang."

The two children nodded one after another.

"Master Du has learned from ancient times to the present, and also taught you geography. You have just learned Zhe Guan Tiao, do you remember?" Shao Shude started to test the heart, and said: "Cheng Jie, you recite it to my father."

""Historical Records Biography of Su Qin", "When the husband and Qin descended to the Dao, Nanyang would be in danger; if Han Baozhou was robbed, the Zhao family would operate their own soldiers."

"Isn't Nanyang the town of your nephew? Why did you arrive at Zhiguan?" Shao Shude asked intentionally.

"Grandfather, you are wrong. This Nanyang is the south of Taihang and the north of Dahe, that is, Hanoi County in the Han Dynasty, and Heyang Town in the Kingdom Dynasty." Shao Chengjie said solemnly.

"It turns out that it's wrong to be a father. My son must remember that everyone is wrong, and you can't copy what others say. If you don't understand, maybe others will understand, so don't be ashamed to ask." Shao Shude said happily.

In terms of knowledge, Du Honghui is better than his elder brother who is the prime minister.In these days, education is also an extremely scarce and precious resource, let alone the younger brother of the prime minister and the number one scholar as teachers.

As long as the children are not particularly stupid, they will not fall behind their peers. What's more, Shao Shude's education method is very extravagant: when he was in Longchi Palace, he specially let the two children learn the geography of Zhongtiao Mountain and Taihang Mountain, and then borrowed the help of patrolling the armies. Opportunity, take them on a field trip.

On the two sons, Shao Shude has poured his heart and soul into them, and placed great hopes on them.

"Zhi Pass is clear, but there is still Ji Pass fifty miles west of Guanxi. Si Wu, tell me." Shao Shude looked at the eldest son again.

""Book of the Later Han·Deng Yu Biography", in the first month of the first year of Jianwu, Yu was about to enter Hedong from Jiguan. The moon has not yet fallen. Also, "Three Kingdoms · Wei Shu · Dong Zhuo Biography", (Yang) Feng, (Han) Siam, (Dong) Chengnai returned Luoyang with the emperor. After leaving Jiguan, the next road, Zhang Yang greeted the road with food , worship Da Sima."

Shao Shude nodded in satisfaction.

Of course, it is impossible for the two sons to be familiar with ancient books now, but they have learned the relevant knowledge of Wangwuzhi Guan Dao and recited relevant entries.

Children study hard!The main wife, Zhe Fangai, is merciless in her actions. Etiquette, knowledge, and martial arts are all taught by special personnel. If she fails to complete the learning goal, there is only one: beat up!
Later, the two children liked to hang out with Shao Shude because their father often took them out to "play".It is also very interesting to watch politics by my father's side, and all kinds of people from all walks of life are eye-opening.

The Fushi Chen next to the father is more interesting, he likes to talk about what a newcomer is thinking, what he has done, and what he wants to get in the future with a playful smile, which often leaves the two children stunned.

Shao Shude took the child's hand and walked on the mountain path.

Li Keyong's eldest son, Li Luoluo, has already learned how to kill and drink. The second son, Li Cunxu, is only nine years old. He should be studying—er, music.

Zhu Quanzhong's eldest son, Zhu Youyu, did farm work with his uncle Zhu Quanyu in his hometown in the early years, thinking that his father was dead.Because the folk martial arts are very popular, I also learned some crop handles, and when I went hunting in the mountains, I also honed my good archery skills.

This should make up for cultural knowledge, right?But it's hard to say, he ran to Guanzhong when he was a teenager, and fought with his father, what's going on now, I don't know.

"Jiangzhou to Luoyang is 480 miles, half of which is mountain road. The first stop out of Yuan County is Wangwu County. Look at the army at the foot of the mountain." Shao Shude pointed to the troops gathering in the east of Yuan County, and said: "This is The army attacking Wangwu County."

Wangwu County is [-] miles north of the Yellow River and [-] miles south of Wangwu Mountain, in a valley between mountains.

The Chishui Army's [-]-step cavalry has already begun to dispatch.

After several months of accumulation, Yuan County has accumulated a batch of grain and grass, mainly transported from Jiangzhou, which can support part of the army's expedition.

This part of the army was led by Gao Renhou, who had retired from Jiangzhou and returned to Heyang, and Fan He, the envoy of the Chishui Army, followed by [-] Tibetan soldiers temporarily recruited.

The five thousand Tibetans came a little late this year. After allocating and clearing the land, they only had time to plant a crop of short-growing beans, which were harvested before the snow fell.At this time there are still more than two months, and Wangwu County is not far away, so it is natural to dispatch again, follow the main army to fight, and there is no rest for a moment.

Liang Hanyong, deputy envoy of the Chishui Army, led [-] cavalry to stay in Yuan County.

Shao Shude, father and son met this rising star in the Shuofang army at the foot of the mountain.

"Uncle, two sons." Liang Hanyong went out of the camp to greet him.

"Brother-in-law." Chengjie and Siwu saluted respectfully.

"My son-in-law didn't get the chance to play, is it a pity?" Shao Shude asked with a smile.

After Liang Hanyong got married, he was mostly in the army, and later even went to Liangzhou to guard for two years.The couple have no children yet, and Zhao Yu kept talking about it, and Shao Shude's ears were almost callused.

"Even if it's a battle, it's also the Tibetans who lead the battle. It's meaningless." Liang Hanyong shook his head.

"I have conscripted [-] households from Hewei, Qiang, Tubo, Gamo, and Dangxiang to the east, and they will arrive at the end of the year." Shao Shude said: "After the spring sowing, more than [-] Tibetan and Han soldiers and horses will be gathered to attack Wangwuzhi Pass. Dao. Time does not wait for me, we must advance eastward before Zhu Quanzhong has enough energy to look westward, and it is best to hit Heyang."

Jiyuan County, about ten miles east of Zhiguan, is the westernmost county of Heyang. In fact, Zhiguan is located in Jiyuan County.

And Jiyuan is only sixty miles away from Mengzhou.

In fact, starting from Yuan County, after arriving in Wangwu County, there is another small road that does not pass through Zhiguan, that is, goes southeast for forty miles to Heqing County.This county is located in Henan, Luoyang, Xin'an, Wangwu, Jiyuan, and Heyang counties in the four years of Xianheng.

There is a Baiya warehouse in the county, which was abandoned, but was recently repaired by the Bian army to store a large amount of grain and grass to supply military supplies. Yang battlefield.

The Bian army has the advantage of the navy in this section, and can transport food, equipment, and soldiers through ships. Baiyacang is a military center, but it has not stationed too many troops for the time being.

Shao Shude was still very envious of Zhu Quanzhong's navy.

Water transportation, what an advantage!My mother wants to use draft animals and pack horses to transport grain across mountains and ridges. As soon as your tank boat starts, you can quickly transport a large amount of grain to Baiya warehouse. This is a strategic advantage, and it is helpless to think about it.

The path from Wangwu to Heqing County and Baiyacang is difficult to walk, at least it is difficult for a horse-drawn carriage to pass.Otherwise, there is no need for Qin Guodong to cross the mountains and pass through the Zhe Pass. Wouldn't it be nice to go directly to Heqing County?

In the second year of Dashun's attack on Zhu Quanzhong, all the silver spears crossed the north of the river, and searched and suppressed more than [-] people from Feng Ba and Hao Zhenwei's troops, and they took this path.Five thousand cavalry carried ten days of food and grass, marched lightly, and finally caught up with Feng and Hao and defeated them.

Cross the river in Heqing County and go south for sixty miles, you can reach Luoyang.

This is the meaning of opening up the second battlefield!

Use the resources of Hezhong Town to support the army to go east, detour to Heyang, and detour to Luoyang from the north bank of the Yellow River.

Li Tangbin's group continued to make efforts on the south bank of the Yellow River, went east from Mianchi and Qianqiu Pavilion, attacked Xiashibao, Baichaolei and other places, and advanced to Xin'an.

If it wasn't for not having enough troops to break through Shazha City and Huixi Ban, Shao Shude would have dared to break into the south of Xiaoshan Mountain, march along the Luoshui River Valley, and besiege Luoyang in three ways.

Luoyang, the eastern capital, is the end point of all strategies.

Taking down here, Quanzhong will change from a temporary defensive position to a permanent defensive position, extremely passive.

On August 25th, he watched the military performance of more than [-] soldiers from the three armies of Tielin, Tianxiong, and Chishui in Yuanxian County. When he was about to return to Longchi Palace in Anyi, Shao Shude received a military report: Zhu Youyu commanded [-] Bian troops and two Wansu, Hao, and Shou surrendered troops and failed to attack Xuzhou repeatedly. Zhu Quanzhong was furious and sent Pang Shigu to the ancient army.

Defending the city, as long as it reaches the point of sticking to it, and dare not even go out of the city to attack the camp, it is really not far from the end.

In the past, Huang Chao's 10,000+ army besieged Chenzhou for [-] days. Zhao Ji and Chao's army "had hundreds of battles" and went out of the city twice in three days to attack.If you just rely on the city wall to defend it, you won't be able to defend it for that long.

Shi Pu, I don't know if he can last until the Chinese New Year.

In addition, there is another "entertainment news". When Zhu Jin went to the south to rescue Pu and returned after being defeated, he united with his cousin Zhu Xuan to defeat the Pinglu Army, captured Qizhou, the prefecture of Ziqing Town, and plundered a large amount of food and grass. Zhu Wei was the leader. Governor of the state.

Wang Shifan's troops are so weak? !The brain circuit of the Erzhu brothers is also possible, making up for the lost land, which is very similar to when Pu went south to plunder Huainan and compensated for the loss caused by the fall of Suzhou. It can only be said to admire.

Wang Zhongshi and He Delun took the opportunity to attack Puzhou with a small force, and were repelled by Zhu Xuan's general and governor Shao Lun.

After reading the military newspaper, Shao Shude seemed to feel Zhu Quanzhong's urgent mood.

You are in a hurry, so is I!

On August [-]th, when he was about to return to Anyi, Gao Renhou sent an envoy to report that the outer fortresses of Wangwu County had been swept away, and he began to encircle Sanqueyi and attack the county seat. There were about [-] Bian Army second-line troops in the city.

Shao Shude thought for a while, and ordered Xu Hao to stay with [-] cavalry from the Tielin Army to reinforce the Wangwu County battlefield, mainly to ambush the possible reinforcements of the Bian Army, although there are not many Bian troops in the Heyang area.

The main force of the Bian army should be in Zhiguan, Jiyuan, or more than [-] people, and the quality of the soldiers is unknown.

The newly built Jiguan should also have a considerable force, perhaps [-] people.

Grandma, what is Li Ke doing?Hurry up and put pressure on Heyang!If you don't come, little brother Quanzhong will be much calmer.

"Let Fu Cunshen come to see me, I want to hear about Li Hanzhi." Shao Shude called Zheng Yong and ordered in a low voice.

Zheng Yong understood, and immediately went to Chen Cheng to make arrangements.

Li Hanzhi, a native of Chenzhou, was deeply hated by the people of Jinjiang.He has lived in Zelu for many years, has repeatedly invaded Jinjiang, and often plunders and eats people, so he deserves the name of being cruel by nature.

This person could not learn anything when he was in a private school, and no one would want him to become a monk in a temple.When he was begging for alms in Henan, no one gave him food, so he was so angry that he destroyed the monk's clothes, threw pots and bowls, and turned the weeds into bandits.Although he was beaten by Qin Zongquan all the way, he still made a name for himself and is now the envoy of Zhaoyi Jiedu.

Li Ke took back Luzhou on the grounds that Li Han's attack on Chengde was ineffective recently, and Li Moyun had to be in Zezhou, sandwiched between Luzhou and Heyang, life was not easy.

Gai Yu was afraid of Li Hanzhi's rebellion, so he persuaded him, but Li Keyong insisted on his own opinion, thinking: "I have rare ones, just like Dong Zhuo had Lu Bu. If he is male, he will be male. The nature of eagles and birds will go away when they are full. Fear of overturning the poisonous residue."

This——afraid that this person will be capricious, so he took half of his land in advance. This operation can't be wrong, but it can't be right, right?
Li Hanzhi seems to be worth wooing.

If the power did not reach this level in the past, there was no way.Now that you have the opportunity to get in touch, why hesitate?
However, the excess must be grasped carefully, Shao Shude thought about it, and wrote a letter to Chen Cheng who was still in Anyi, and sent it quickly.

It's a big principle that you can't turn against your brother-in-law now.

Under this principle, the contact with Li Hanzhi must be very particular. It seems to be a relatively safe way to contact Li Hanzhi to reminisce about the past, get in touch slowly, and advance slowly.

(End of this chapter)